Escorted Rail Tours to Camogli

Colourful houses by the sea

Picturesque Camogli is a fishing village on the Italian Riviera,
typical of the many villages and towns on this section of
coastline, where colourful houses are built right down to the edge
of the water. The name Camogli is a contraction of Casa Mogli
(Wives' House) from the days when the women ran the town while the
men spent months at sea with the town's huge fishing fleet.

Today, the fleet is much smaller and the men have resumed
control of civic affairs. Set on a steep hill, Camogli climbs
from the harbour and dark pebble beaches to groves of pine and
olive trees.

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The Italian Riviera

Colourful villages cling to the dramatic coastline of the
Italian Riviera, with the glittering Mediterranean forming
picture-postcard vistas in every direction, and glamorous yachts
clamouring for attention alongside quaint fishing boats in idyllic
harbours.

The sun shifted, and out of the blue-green waters of the Mediterranean you could see the outstretched arms of Christ 20 feet below, protecting the entrance to the harbour at San Fruttuoso. Sent down to the briny depths in 1954 to commemorate inventor Dario Gonzatti, the pioneer of scuba diving, today it is a magnate for divers, tourists and locals alike, including Great Rail Journeys customers as they travel through the Italian Riviera.

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